THE OCCURRENCE OF THE ODD BEETLE AND A BRIEF NOTE ON OTHER DERMESTID SPECIES IN CANADA

Abstract

The occurrence in Canada of that unique and interesting species, Thylodrias contractus Mots., which Felt (2) has dubbed “the odd beet1e”, is a matter worthy of note.This species was first discovered in North America, in May, 1902, by Mrs. Annie Trumbull Slosson, who found the insects in a box of neglected entomological specimens stored in an old closet in her home in New York.